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As Harry sped away he had to force himself to remain focus when he felt a massive surge of reiatsu from where he'd left Ichigo and Byakuya. Harry couldn't help but smirk, he didn't need to be worried it seemed. Yoruichi's training had done the trick.
He could see Renji again, still carrying Rukia, and even hear them talking.
"Renji, stop! Put me down! I have to go help Ichigo!" Ruikia protested.
"What part about running for our lives do you not understand!?" Renji shouted, "Just keep that big mouth of yours shut! We don't want anyone hearing our voices!"
Harry rolled his eyes, it definitely wasn't Rukia's voice people were going to hear…
"Explain something to me…" Renji said in a quieter tone, "One time, Ichigo told me that he owed you a favour."
"He owes a favour…to me?" Rukia wondered, bewildered.
It was clear she didn't understand what Renji was saying.
"He said, that you saved his life once. And the life of his family, and because of you his fate was changed, and that the power he has, has helped him to protect others."
Rukia looked down sadly.
"Why are you blaming yourself for everything?" Renji asked quietly, and Harry was running right behind him now, but they hadn't noticed yet, it seemed.
"It's pointless, you've always been like that." Renji said, "No one else thinks this is all your fault, so why don't you quit being so hard on yourself. No one person could be strong enough to carry all that responsibility on their shoulders." They started descending the stairs that led up to the Sokyoku hill.
"Certainly not you, Rukia. Just share it." He said, "Share it with me, and with Ichigo. Let other people lighten the load until you're strong again. That's the whole reason we got stronger. Just have a little faith."
She grabbed onto his robes then.
"I'm sorry…Renji." She buried her head into his chest.
"Don't be foolish. You don't have anything to apologize for." He denied.
"Thank you." She said, voice muffled by the fabric of his robes.
"Silly girl." He said fondly, "There's no need to say thank you either."
They were half way down the hill when Harry felt an immense reiatsu emitting from quite some ways away.
"Wow, that must be the old man's reiatsu." Harry said, causing Renji to stumbled.
"What!? Wha…Who the hell are you!?" Renji shouted.
"I'm one of Ichigo's friends." Harry introduced, "And it's about time you noticed me. Nice speech by the way."
"You're…that masked guy!" Rukia realized, "Ichigo said you were actually Harry…"
"I am." Harry grinned, "Nice to see you again, Rukia."
"You know this guy?" Renji asked Rukia.
"Um, yeah. He's a friend." Rukia decided, "But how come we didn't sense you?"
"I didn't want to be sensed." Harry said.
There was a bang from up top and Harry could vaguely see dust and debris being thrown about. Harry let out a low whistle,
"They're really going at it, aren't they?"
Renji and Rukia were silent for a while.
"Your name's Harry, right?" Renji asked.
"Yes."
"Are you strong?" he said.
Harry smiled,
"I defeated the tenth division taichou in battle easily enough, though I realize he isn't the strongest of the taichous…Oh, by the way, Hitsugaya-taichou is working with us now. Thought you ought to know. I believe he's heading to Central forty-six now to make an appeal."
"Hitsugaya-taichou?" Rukia asked disbelievingly.
"How the hell did you get him on your side?" Renji's mouth fell open slightly, obviously unable to fathom the ice captain going against orders.
"We got talking and, well, he was already suspicious about a few things. We both suspected that this whole execution was some sort of plan devised by someone who did not have anyone's best interests at heart. I mean, for one thing, the crimes Rukia-san committed by no means permitted execution. Hitsugaya-taichou looked it up, the last person who shared their power with a human got five years' imprisonment, and that was only because that particular human went on a rampage and killed a bunch of people or something. All those before that got about a month, six tops in prison."
"What!?" Renji shouted.
"Hey, you don't need to be so loud." Harry said with annoyance lacing his tone, "So, can you guess who's really behind this? I bet you can't…it's one of the taichous." Harry said in a teasing sort of voice.
They reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Is it…I don't know! It's one of the taichous, right?" Renji said, scrunching his face up, trying to think of who it could be.
"Is it Gin Ichimaru?" Rukia asked shakily.
"Huh, no, but he is a part of it." Harry said, "It was Hitsugaya-taichou who figured that part out. Nope."
"Then…Ugh! Who could it be!?" Renji scowled.
"I'll give you a hint." Harry smiled, "Everyone thinks he's dead."
Renji's eyes widened in realization,
"No." he denied, "Not possible…Aizen-taichou?"
"Congratulations, you win a cookie." Harry clapped his hands, "Yup, the one and only. His Zanpakutou has the ability to induce a state of complete hypnosis. If you've seen it's released form once, then you're already prey to it's effects."
"Crap." Renji said wide-eyed.
"He gave a demonstration." Rukia said shakily, "We all…everyone's seen it."
"It seems Unohana-taichou figured it all out as well, but I don't think she's told anyone. I've a feeling she's reached the same conclusion as Hitsugaya-taichou and is about to head to Central forty-six. However, that could very well be difficult, seeing as she has no way of defending herself against the attack that's about to come."
"What do you mean?" Renji demanded.
Harry looked grim,
"It's just a suspicion. Hitsugaya-taichou will try to buy us time, but it's unlikely he'll be able to defeat Aizen."
"He's stalling them?" Renji realized.
"Yup." Harry agreed, "Can you move a bit faster, Renji?"
"This is about as fast as I can go." Renji grunted.
Harry hummed, he noticed that the red-head was wounded. Should he stop to heal him? Would it take too much time?
They'd made it to the middle of the Seireitei, only to stop when a man with dark skin and a metal visor surrounding his eyes appeared in their path.
"Tousen-taichou." Renji said, then took a step back.
"Another taichou?" Harry wondered, then realized something, "Wait…he's blind?" his eyes widened, that meant that…
A ribbon of white was thrust out in front of them.
"Crap!" Harry cursed, then grabbed onto Renji and Ruikia, he whistled an intricate tune of notes, and letter magic surrounded them.
"What?" Tousen wondered.
They teleported out of the ribbon, which stopped moving.
"No you don't." Harry said, they'd appeared only a few feet away.
"What…was that?" Renji wondered.
"Renji, run." Harry said, "I'll take care of this."
Renji got up from his crouched position, still cradling Rukia,
"Right!" he took off running, leaving Harry and Tousen on their own.
"Oh?" Tousen said, "And who might you be. You're wearing a mask over your face."
"Well if you know I'm wearing a mask then why would you ask who I am?" Harry deadpanned, "I mean…does no one get the whole 'mask' thing?" he asked with frustration.
"You use humour to hide your fear." Tousen said drawing his Zanpakutou, "Now let me put you out of your misery!" he lunged forwards, but Harry parried the thrust, drawing out Reyearth.
"I think you've misread me." Harry said calmly, he shunpoed forwards, then slashed at Tousen, only just missing, though he managed to get a graze on his arm.
"It's not fear I conceal." He pressed his sword into the ground, then used it to flip himself upwards and bring down his leg, hard. He managed to kick him in the head, sending him back.
"I see…you're rather strong. And your style is quite similar to that of the stealth force." He paused, "I ask again, who are you?"
"I suppose…you could call me 'Raven.' If you need a name." He pressed two fingers to his blade, "Obey thy command! Petals of wind, come forth!" a tornado shot out from the blade.
Tousen tried to dodge, only for the twister to change direction and strike. He let out a cry, then,
"Nake, Suzumushi!" his Zanpakutou let out a horrible scream, and Harry immediately covered his ears. It reminded him vaguely of those Mandrakes he had to work on in herbology class back in his second year.
Harry cried out,
"Obey thy command! Gods of thunder, come forth!" lightning shot from the blade and hit Tousen dead on. The attack stopped and Harry let out a breath.
Okay, so…not letting him do that again. He shunpoed again and brought his blade down, hard. The ground around them exploded and Tousen was obviously struggling. He tried to shunpo away, but Harry was far faster. With several quick slices, Tousen was hit and bleeding.
"Hmm." Harry hummed, "You aren't as strong as Hitsugaya-Taichou, it seems…oh wait, I should have realized, you're injured."
"Nake…"
"Not gonna let you!" Harry kicked him, sending him flying into a nearby wall, "Obey thy command! Gods of fire, come forth!" His blade caught fire, then he shunpoed forwards and struck.
Tousen let out a scream as blood spurted out from the wounds.
"I don't have much time." Harry murmured, "Raimei no basha, itoguruma no kangeki, hikari mote kore o mutsu ni wakatsu. Bakudou no roku juu ichi, Rikujokoro!"
White-yellow light shot from Harry's fingers, then plunged themselves into Tousen's side in a circle. It wouldn't hurt unless he struggled, but it would keep him restrained for a time.
"I gotta go. See ya." Harry waved, then shunpoed away.
Now where in the hell was Renji? He could vaguely sense his reiatsu and it didn't seem too far. Harry shunpoed after the trail, when he finally felt the energy disappear…then reappear back on the sokyoku hill.
Harry cursed. The idiot had gotten himself caught. Harry shunpoed as fast as he could back towards the hill. He heard something in his head, it was that silver haired girl from earlier, the lieutenant of squad four.
So Hitsugaya had been defeated…Harry cursed, he'd lasted pretty long though if he'd only just been defeated now.
Harry appeared in a blur just in time to block a sword that had been aimed for Renji's heart.
"Harry!" Ruikia cried with relief.
"It's you…" Renji murmured, he was injured worse now than when Harry had last seen him.
"Oh." A man with dark curly brown hair and square glasses seemed co comment, and Harry smirked slightly when he noticed a nasty cut on his arm and a tear in his robes.
"Looks like I made it in time." Harry said.
"I don't remember seeing you…among the Ryoka."
"We all came together." Harry said, "But we split up…they never caught me…Renji…you look pretty warn, can you still run?" Harry asked him.
"Don't know." He admitted.
Not good, Harry thought. He could stall though. Stalling was always a good idea.
"I notice you've got quite a wound there." Harry said looking pointedly at his arm.
"A mere miscalculation." He said in a soft, almost hypnotizing voice.
Harry hummed softly,
"Is that so…and here I thought it was because of Hitsugaya-taichou." Harry smiled slightly, despite the fact that his expression didn't change, he could tell he'd struck a nerve.
"He was stronger than anticipated." He admitted, "But I was disappointed, he wasn't fighting to kill."
"That's because he knew he wouldn't be able to kill you." Harry said bluntly.
Aizen frowned,
"And what could you possibly mean by that, I wonder."
"I thought being the oh so clever and powerful manipulator that you are, you would have figured it out by now." Harry said, feigning shock, "He was keeping you busy to buy time for Rukia to escape…Even though I took out that Tousen guy it seems Gin managed to kidnap them anyways."
Harry let out a sigh,
"Renji, you suck." He said, giving the red head a pointed look.
"Hey, I wasn't trying to get kidnapped!" he snapped.
"Forget it." Harry rolled his eyes, "Clearly, we could have made up a better plan. The fact of the matter is, a certain someone managed to see through your illusions. Didn't he?"
Aizen's face took on a less serene and a more serious look.
"Wait…" Renji said, "Hitsugaya-taichou found a way to see through Aizen's Zanpakutou ability?"
"And how do you know about my Zanpakutou, Abarai?" Aizen asked.
"I thought that was pretty clear." Harry said, but before he could say anything else, there was a loud cry of "Aizen!"
A man with a fox head, and he really did look like a fox, swung his Zanpakutou down, only for it to be caught with Aizen's hand.
"Aizen…how dare you stand there and smile like that…Aizen!" he shouted.
Harry grabbed onto Renji and Rukia and whistled, words appeared around him and Aizen's eyes widened. But before he could do anything, they were on top of a building, further from the sokyoku hill.
"Renji, I'm gonna do some healing. It's gonna be quick." Harry said, "And I can't heal everything. Show me your major wounds." He demanded.
Renji didn't waste any time, he took off the top of his robes and Harry took out his wand.
"Vulnera Sanentur." Harry said, then healed up the gash, it took nearly thirty seconds, then he stopped, "There isn't time to heal that completely…can you move better now?"
"I can." Renji agreed, "That was impressive…sorry, I'm going!" he said when Harry shot him a look.
Harry teleported back up onto the hill, it seemed that the fox captain was down.
"Now that was an interesting trick." Aizen said a smile forming on his face.
Harry's heart was pounding hard in his chest. He just needed to buy some time…just a little bit of time…
"Harry!"
Harry turned slightly to see Ichigo and all the others running up to them.
"Get back!" Harry told them, "Get as far away as you can!"
"Oh no, no." Gin said, walking towards them, "You shouldn't be moving."
He released his reiatsu, and Orihime, Uryu, Chad and some other guy that Harry didn't know all fell to the ground. Ichigo was alright though. Maybe he could hold off Gin for a while…
Harry grinded his teeth, no…that wouldn't do any good. Ichigo's reiatsu was too depleted from his battle with Byakuya.
And then Aizen struck. Harry was barely able to parry with his sword in time and even then, he was pushed back, even stumbling a bit.
Aizen sliced again, causing Harry to retain two very painful wounds on his sides. He had no time to mess around. He'd have to go full out if he wanted even a chance of surviving this encounter.
"God's of lightning…"
"Bankai…" Suddenly the world turned to black and Harry couldn't hear, nor see anything.
He panicked a moment, then remembered his 'other sense.' He closed his eyes, then saw him. It was Tousen, of that he was sure, and his blade was about to meet Harry's flesh.
Harry thrust out his sword quickly, managing to block the deadly blade.
"What?" Harry saw him mouth.
Then, ever so carefully, Harry pealed away his scarf, revealing the black ink eye tattoo on his forehead and letting him better utilize his sense now that the design was uncovered.
He ran forwards, then lunged at the man, who instantly put his sword up. Their blades clashed, then Harry lunged again. It wasn't as though Tousen's skill with a sword had improved much if at all since their last encounter minutes ago. Harry plunged the blade forwards, then the darkness disbanded. Tousen was cut up pretty bad, but still alive.
Aizen, however was standing over Rukia, Ichigo and Renji were on the ground, bleeding hard.
"How fascinating." Aizen said, holding a small gem in his hand, "I didn't expect it to be so small…the hogyoku."
Harry couldn't have been in that dark space or whatever it was for more than three minutes…but he had a feeling Aizen had already explained to everyone what it was. Still,
"Please say that's not another stone that grants immortality." He rolled his eyes.
"It's too bad." Aizen said, lifting Rukia up by the neck, "That I just don't have a use for you anymore."
Harry shunpoed forwards and grabbed Rukia from his hands, holding her bridal style and putting her down next to Ichigo.
"You won't hurt her." Harry growled.
"Oh?" Aizen raised an amused eyebrow, "Gin, kill her."
"Oh well, if I must." The silver haired man came walking forwards, he pulled out his blade, "Ikorose, Shinsou."
The blade shot forwards like a dart, but before it could hit either of them, someone else had put himself between the blade and the two of them.
"Nii-sama!" Rukia shouted, then grabbed her brother's body, cradling it with tears in her eyes.
He was still alive though.
"Shit." Harry cursed, then took his bag off, throwing it to Rukia, "Open up the left side pouch. There should be a potion in there labelled blood-replenisher. Feed him six drops exactly and put pressure on the wound." He ordered.
"R-right!" Ruikia said opening up the pouch, eyes widening when the pouch seemed to expand and several potions seemed to appear.
"Oh?" Aizen wondered, "I didn't take you for a healer."
"I've had a bit of training." Harry admitted, holding up his sword, his heart was pounding again. Where the hell were the other captains?
As though on cue, Harry heard a familiar voice from above him.
"Sanzai suru, kemono no hone! Sentō, kōshō, kōtetsu no sharin. Ugokeba kaze, tomareba sora. Yariutsu neiro ga kōjō ni michiru! Hadou no roku juu san, Raikohou!" A blast of yellow light hit where Aizen had been standing, but the illusive man had jumped out of the way.
Jidambo was falling out of the sky! And on his back was Kukaku Shiba who had cast the spell. Before Aizen could make another move, Yoruichi and the captain of the second division had shunpoed up to Aizen. Yoruichi had grabbed Aizen's Zanpakutou, preventing him from taking it out of it's sheath, while the second division captain had her Zanpakutou up against his throat.
But Aizen was smiling,
"This isn't a face I haven't seen in quite some time."
"Don't do it." Yoruichi said, "If you even move so much as a muscle…"
"Then we're going to cut off your head." The second captain growled.
"Yes, I can see that." Aizen said patronizingly.
Jidambo took a step forwards, now having landed.
"Kukaku!" Yoruichi said, happy to see her it seemed.
"Hey, Yoruichi. I had a little free time on my hands." Kukaku said smugly, leaning up against Jidambo's head. So since I was out, I thought, what the hell, might as well make an appearance."
"Well…that sure was flashy." Gin said, still with that same grin on his face, "What should I do?"
He raised a hand, only for it to be caught by Rangiku who had come in from behind him. She had her sword pressed up against his throat.
"You shouldn't even move." She said, and Harry noticed an intensity there that he hadn't seen when the second captain had pressed her Zanpakutou against Aizen's neck.
They knew each other, Harry realized. That had to be hard…
"Sorry, Aizen-taichou…I got caught." Gin said the last part as though he wasn't really caught.
"Hm." Aizen said, taking a small glance at his partner in crime.
"It's over." Yoruichi said.
"I'm sorry, did you say something?" Aizen asked, and Harry just knew he was planning something.
"Don't you understand?" she continued with an intense glare, "There is no place left for you."
Shadows moved across the ground, and suddenly all the captains, save for Hitsugaya had returned.
A man with a sixty-nine tattoo on his face now had his blade pressed up against Tousen's throat, that it was clear he didn't have much strength to move anyways. Harry had beaten him pretty good.
"It's over…Aizen." Yoruichi said again.
But the man smiled.
"And just what's so funny?" Yoruichi glared.
"I'm sorry to do this, but the time has come." He said, and Harry's eyes widened when he saw reiatsu moving around him strangely.
Yoruichi noticed it to and shouted,
"Soi Fon, get away from him!"
They leaped back just as light from the sky struck down and encompassed the smirking man.
"Damnit." Harry said, lowering his sword.
The sky ripped open, revealing a bunch of Menos Grande beyond the veil, roaring and whining.
"But that's…impossible." Harry heard someone say.
"No wait…it looks like there's something else in there!"
And it was true, there was something behind the hollows, something glowing and purple, but Harry couldn't make out what it was.
Two more lights shot down from the sky and encompassed Gin and Tousen. Rangiku and the guy with the sixty-nine face tattoo jumped out of the way just in time.
"Well that's a bit of a let down." Gin said, "I was enjoying that…I wouldn't have minded being your captive a little longer."
Pervert, Harry thought.
"So long Rangiku." The last part, when he said her name, it was soft and sad, but no one else seemed to notice.
They began rising into the air, and Aizen looked down at Harry, eyes lingering on him just long enough to make Harry want to shudder.
"It seems you have a face after all." He smirked.
"So that's it?" one of the lieutenants asked, "We're just gonna let them get away!?" he drew his Zanpakutou out only for the sou-taichou to yell,
"Stop!"
"Sir!" the Shinigami lieutenant said.
"That light is a weapon. It's a technique the Menos use when they are rescuing their fellow hollows." The head captain explained, "Once enveloped in that light, it is impossible from those within and those outside to interact. It is an isolated world. All those who have fought the Menos know it well. From the moment that light fell on Sosuke Aizen, it became completely impossible for us to reach him."
The fox captain seemed to get up, blood trickling from his cuts as he slammed his fist down on the ground,
"Kaname!" he shouted up at the man, "Come back, Kaname! Have you forgotten? You once told me why you became a Shinigami. Wasn't it for your friend who lost their life? Wasn't it to carry out your justice? Where is your sense of justice now, because I don't see it!"
"I thought I made it clear to you." Kaname said, panting slightly from the wounds Harry had inflicted, "My eyes can only see one path, and that is the path with the least amount of blood. Justice is always there. And the path I follow, is justice."
The fox captain stared up at him sadly,
"Kaname…" he said a little quieter.
Then, the white-haired captain from before stepped forwards,
"You joined with the Menos…why would you want to do that?" his eyes were calculating and Harry could tell he was fishing for information. He might not have been able to catch him anymore, but he was doing all he could.
"I need to keep reaching higher." Aizen answered.
"Have you become that corrupt?" the white-haired man growled, "Have you?"
"You're blinded by your self-righteousness." Aizen said calmly, as though he were talking to a six-year-old, "From the beginning, no one has ever stood at the top. Neither you…nor me, nor the gods." He removed his glasses, then smoothed back his hair, "But soon, that unattainable vacancy at the top will be filled." His glasses shattered in his grip and he looked almost like a completely different person!
"From now on," He said, "I alone will stand at the top."
"Wow…" Harry rolled his eyes, "Good on ya for being a cliché super villain. Maybe next time you'll come up with something better."
Aizen glared down at him, and Harry smirked. Yoruichi shot Harry a look that was somewhere between amused and exasperated.
"What?" Harry asked when several of the captains turned to look at him, "You know it's the truth. It's always about world domination."
The eighth division captain scratched back of his head lazily,
"Well, the kid does have a point."
"See, he agrees with me!" Harry pointed and now Yoruichi was smiling.
"We aren't arguing with you, Harry." She said, pretending to sooth him.
By now Aizen was glaring down at him,
"We'll be seeing each other soon…Harry."
Harry groaned,
"You know, you're the second megalomaniac to say that to me?"
Before Aizen could shoot back a comeback, the hollows retreated and the rip in the sky slammed closed. Harry let out a sigh, then walked back over to Rukia and her brother.
"Can you help him?" Rukia asked, breaking out of her dazed shock.
Harry scratched the back of his head,
"Yeah, probably." He summoned his wand into his hand and scanned Byakuya over carefully, noting each of his injuries, then working on the major ones first. Once he was sure the man was out of danger he looked back up at the captains who were all watching him curiously.
Harry walked over to the white-haired captain, then kneeled down and picked up the scarf that lay at his feet. He began tying it around his head again.
"You know, everyone's seen your face, Harry." Yoruichi raised an eyebrow.
"Force of habit." Harry shrugged, "Could someone take me to Hitsugaya-taichou. I owe him big time for stalling Aizen as long as he did."
"What do you mean?" the white-haired captain asked alert, "What happened to Toshiro?"
"He's with the fourth division right now." Harry explained, "He planned to stall Aizen long enough for Rukia to get away. He put up a good fight. That wound on Aizen's arm proves that."
"He did that?" the white-haired man asked with surprise.
"I couldn't even cut him…" the fox faced man snarled, looking down at the ground helplessly.
"But…how did Toshiro know it was Aizen?" the white-haired man frowned, "And why not say anything…"
"Several reasons." Harry said, "But I feel like that's a story for later. I want to see him; will someone show me where the fourth division is?"
"Oh, yes. Of course." The white-haired man said, "I'll show you there."
"I think I'll join you." The eighth squad captain said, "I could use a nice walk."
Harry shrugged, and let the two captains lead him away. They left into the forest, then towards the stairs in silence while everyone else seemed to rush about in a panic.
"So…your name's Harry?" the eighth division captain asked.
"Yup. I'm Harry Potter. I guess you already knew that, but it's nice to have a formal introduction. I know you are Kyoraku-taichou of the eighth division…and I know you're from the thirteenth but I don't know your full names…"
"My name is Juushiro Ukitake." The white-haired captain introduced.
"I'm Shinsui." He said lazily, not bothering to say his last name.
"It's very nice to meet you. I was actually rather surprised when you two interrupted the execution. I knew that Unohana-taichou and Hitsugaya-taichou where onto Aizen's plot, but I had no idea you two had figured stuff out on your own as well."
"Unohana as well?" Kyoraku blinked, "Well, I guess I should have seen that one coming. She's a smart lady. I'm a bit surprised at Toshiro though…"
"I as well…perhaps you could explain?" Ukitake pressed, and Harry knew that was why they had offered to lead him to the fourth in the first place.
"Well, I met Hitsugaya-taichou almost as soon as I landed in the Seireitei. I was communicating through my enchanted mirror with a…contact of mine, hoping for some more information, when suddenly there was a Zanpakutou at my throat."
"And that was Toshiro." Ukitake realized.
"We fought." Harry said, "He heard me saying something to my contact which had confirmed a suspicion of his, that there was a plot behind the whole execution. I decided to push him a little in the right direction and left him with a hint. To look up previous cases of a Shinigami transferring their powers to a human. I beat him, then healed his wounds while he was unconscious and hid in the shadows. But that's when I came up with an idea."
"An idea?" Kyoraku pressed.
"I decided to team up with Hitsugaya-taichou. He had access to the files in your archive while I had access to a witness who seemed to know who was behind the whole execution. We traded information, and I discovered the true power of Aizen's Zanpakutou, complete hypnosis. His Zanpakutou creates an illusion that confuses all the known senses. That's when we started working on creating something that would counter Aizen's ability."
"And did you?" Ukitake asked with surprise, "Did you actually come up with a way to counter the effects?"
"We did." Harry said, "I had a…unique ability and skill set that aided me. I worked on the creation of the…spell, I guess you could call it, while Hitsugaya-taichou volunteered to test out whatever I came up with. Aizen had left something behind of his power to test it on, after all."
"The body." Ukitake nodded.
"Exactly." Harry agreed.
"And that's how young Toushiro managed to stall Aizen for so long." Kyoraku realized, "He was using…whatever it was you two came up with to counteract the effects."
"Now you're getting it." Harry grinned, "But let me tell you, Hitsugaya-taichou sure is a slave driver. I asked him to give me three days to come up with the proper design. He gave me two…"
Kyoraku laughed,
"I would have been impressed if you had come up with something like that in a year."
"Normally that sort of stuff would take me a week to do. I thought I was spreading myself thin with just three days…And I pulled two all-nighters in a row. Man am I tired!" Harry yawned, all the fighting and sneaking around was finally catching up to him, "I was just lucky…I'd read about a technique that helps a person see through illusions…Anyways, Hitsugaya-taichou volunteered to stall for time during the execution so that Rukia could make her escape. I owe him big time. That's why I want to go down to the fourth division…I'm really good when it comes to healing."
"I saw that." Kyoraku tipped his hat, "I'm assuming you want to heal him?"
"If the fourth squad allows it." Harry agreed, "I also want to thank him. And tell him that Rukia is alive. I bet he's waiting for someone to tell him…will he be in any trouble?"
"I doubt it." Ukitake said, "From what you've told us, his actions were quite noble, and he played a big role in exposing Aizen for the monster he is. If anything, he'll be rewarded."
Harry hummed thoughtfully,
"Maybe he'll get that extra money he requested for repairs."
Kyoraku laughed.